Job summary
- Main area
- Liaison Psychiatrist
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 months (With a possibility of extension)
- Hours
- Part time - 4 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 294-MEDI-0440-CS
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital,
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
The Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant Psychiatrist for Kingston Hospital Liaison Psychiatry. This is an established post. The vacancy has arisen as a result of current post holder reducing his hours.
This post is for 4 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week.
This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and dynamic consultant psychiatrist to join this effective, friendly and rewarding service.
The Locum Consultant Psychiatrist will work with the other Liaison Consultant, Dr Bruce Tamilson, to provide senior cover to the hospital wards and the Accident and Emergency Department, whilst working within and jointly clinically supervising the Liaison Team. During daytime hours, the team sees patients above 18 years in all wards and departments, including the Emergency Department and Clinical Decisions Unit.
Main duties of the job
· Medical leadership, working in the multi-disciplinary team and working closely with, and providing cross-cover to other Consultant Psychiatrists and occasionally their Associate Clinical Director within their service line.
·Overall responsibility for the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, initiation of medication, and the recovery focused care delivered by the Team
· Availability within normal working hours 5 days a week for urgent review and management including formal Mental Health Act assessments.
· Providing cross-cover for the Consultant colleagues where necessary.
· Management of complex cases
·Allocation of resources, in collaboration with the team manager, to service users and carers.
·Ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient and safe, recovery focused mental health care.
·Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working with social care, statutory and voluntary and third sector partners.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Kingston Hospital is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
Please refer the attached JDPS for detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical degree
- Full GMC registration
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Registrar within three months of completing their CCT.
- Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act
- Experience of working in liaison psychiatry at Consultant/Higher Specialist trainee for at least a year
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych, or equivalent. CCT in General Adult Psychiatry, or sub-specialty CCT in Liaison Psychiatry and significant experience of General Adult psychiatry at a senior level.
- Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT
- Qualifications in change management and service development skills Other higher degrees or further training relevant to the post.
KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE:
Essential criteria
- Completed minimum of three years full time training in approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
- A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness including psychopharmacological interventions
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification
AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT:
Essential criteria
- Engage in continuing professional development, and join a Peer Group to gain approval for CPD done.
- Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit, quality improvement, and working with colleagues in the liaison psychiatry team, the acute trust, and managers.
- Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer’s groups, and local charities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service planning and development
- Experience of working with third sector partners
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies
- Higher degree in research Completion of a research project and evidence of it’s dissemination
- Publication in a peer reviewed journal
TEACHING
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry
Desirable criteria
- Teaching Qualification
- Evidence of feedback good from students
PERSONAL SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Essential criteria
- Ability to remain calm under pressure Ability to inspire others Ability to provide good clinical leadership Ability to effect change Ability to negotiate and collaborate with first, second and third sector organisations to identify shared agendas and meet common goals
- Willingness to supervise junior medical staff and staff from allied disciplines Willingness to take on a fair share of Trustwide duties
- Commitment to personal, team and service development
- Ability to work co-operatively in multi- disciplinary teams Ability to manage and adapt to change
Desirable criteria
- Personal experience of mental illness Personal experience of social distress
- Evidence of helping others who have suffered physical, mental or social misfortune Evidence of seeking feedback as a way of improving one’s skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Medical Staffing
- Job title
- Medical Staffing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Vacancy Closing Date 22 June 2025
Interview Date : TBC
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